COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONThis is a limited edition of our award winning Smoked Porter. This beer was transferred from the fermentation tank five days after it was brewed to a fifty-three gallon freshly emptied bourbon barrel where it was aged for one year. Over that year we carefully adjusted the storage temperature in order to allow the beer to work in and out of the wood of the charred American oak barrel. This process of aging allowed the flavors of the bourbon to blend with the beer, leaving a seamless transition of flavor and aroma with hints of vanilla and caramel. The smoke flavor of the beer takes a backseat to the charred oak of the barrel to make for a perfect blend of smoked porter and bourbon.

Bomber at a bottle share/cellar cleaning. Pours almost black with a small tan head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, and bourbon. Taste is roasted malt, bourbon, chocolate, and some faint smoke. Holding up OK.

Tasted on 3/28/12 from a waxed and capped 650mL bomber bottle purchased at West Lakeview Liquors, I believe that this is the 2010 bottling, 587/2398. Pours an opaque, dark cola brown with a thin tan head that leaves an average collar of lace. The nose is smoked dark malt, with coffee, dark chocolate, a hint of molasses, and just a touch of maple and vanilla from the very subdued oak treatment. The flavor is fairly subtle, with the smoke really coming through nicely, with some cola, dark chocolate, and then the very subdued oak once again. The body is just lighter than medium with average carbonation and a long cola, dark chocolate, and smoked finish.

Black pour from bottle. Minimal head. Body is light. Massive whiskey in the nose with added licorice and maple syrup. Mostly whiskey and wood. Flavor captures a more subtle version of the smell. More subdued in whiskey, but it is still very much in the finish. Very light and quite smokey. Little else comes through in this disappointing beer. Thin and watery.

Bottle poured into a snifter. Pours black with frothy tan head. Aroma of smoke and firewood and oddly, bacon. I don’t get any bourbon barrel at all. Taste is mildly sweet and bitter, a bit medicinal. Mouthfeel is pretty thin and watery, good carbonation. Disappointing that I didn’t get any of the bourbon or vanilla character that I would expect.

Received in trade from jtrockchalk, thanks for the opportunity.
Pours a solid dark brown and faint ruby highlights when held to light. Thinnish off white head lingers for a short while and leaves minimal lacing. Smell is bourbon up front and strong. Some smoky peat a bit of chocolate some wood as well. Taste is a bourbony oaky affair with some roast bitterness at the finish. The mouthfeel is oily/watery. I think the underlying porter doesn’t have enough body to stand up to the thinning properties of the bourbon barrel. Carbonation is light. I actually enjoyed this one a lot, but would have loved it with a thicker body.

Thanks to my brother for sharing this bottle. Bottle number 2138 of 2398.
The beer pours a very dark brown color with a tan head. The aroma is heavy on the smoke and roasted malt. Surprisingly, I don’t get much, if any, whiskey in the aroma. Somewhat disappointing, but still a very nice smelling beer.
The flavor is much more complex and more enjoyable. I get a lot of maple and chocolate notes, as well as some smoke and ash. I also get some whiskey and roasted malt notes. The bourbon notes compliment the smoke and roasted malt character very well and the chocolate notes are a welcome surprise.
Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

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